A child wanted to separate the mixture of dyes constituting a sample of ink. He marked a line by the ink on the filter paper and placed the filter paper in a glass containing water as shown in Fig.2.3. The filter paper was removed when the water moved near the top of the filter paper.
(i) What would you expect to see, if the ink contains three different colored components?
(ii) Name the technique used by the child.
(iii) Suggest one more application of this technique.
(i) If the ink contains three different colored components then you can observe three different bands on the paper
(ii) The child uses the technique of paper chromatography
(iii) Paper chromatography is used to separate different pigments present in the chlorophyll.
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